3. Using GUI Tools

The traditional interface available for CVS is the command-line client.
There has also been a slew of GUI client applications that can
"talk" to a CVS server. These GUI clients provide a
"point and click" interface to the CVS repository.

3.1. Use GUI CVS client

This paper recommends using such GUI clients during the initial
deployment of CVS in an organization.

Developers typically use integrated development environments that have
the CM tools integrated into them. These tools minimize the learning for the
developers about the intricacies of CVS usage and instead allow them to be
productive from day one. Developers who are accustomed to other CM tools will
find the CVS command-line interface daunting. The adoption and usage of
CVS can be improved by using GUI tools for CVS clients.

GUI tools for CVS are available at http://cvsgui.sourceforge.net/.
GUI interfaces are available for most of the popular platforms (Windows, Mac
and Linux). In addition, on the Windows platform there is an
SCC extension that allows integration of CVS as the
configuration control tool with popular IDE.